Territory



(No. Model.)

0. J. GUSTAVESON.

Nose Feed Bag.

No. 240,122. I Patented April 12,1881.

I WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

NJETEHS. FHGTO-UTHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. GUSTAVESON, OF SALT LAKE GlTY, UTAH TERRITORY.

NOSE FEED-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,122, dated April 1-2, 1881.

Application filed November 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. GUs'rAvE- SON, of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake county,Utah Territory, have invented a new and Improved Nose Feed-Bag; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improved seams for uniting the sides and bottom of a nose-bag, and also to a ventilator formed in the bottom of the bag and provided with a hinged cover, to tightly close the bag when it is to be used for holding water or chop-feed, as will hereinafter more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the bag, showing the side and bottom seams. Fig. 2 is-a vertical central cross-section, showing the ventilator-valve and the inner side of the seams. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under side of the bottom; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the improved double staples for fastening the strap to the bag, and Fig. 5 a detail showing how the binding-wires are united at their ends.

The bag is preferably formed with canvas sides A, leather bottom B, and the usual leather strap, 0, that passes over the head, and serves to hold the bag over the horses nose in a wellknown manner. is formed of a single rectangular piece of canvas sewed together at its ends, the seam being strengthened or re-enforced by strips of leather, D D, one upon the outer and the other upon the inner side of the seam, that are secured thereto by U-shaped fastenings (I, made of wire, and pointed at their ends, that are inserted through the leather straps and through the canvas from the inside as well as from the outside of the bag. The ends of the fastening are then clinched, and a doubly-secure seam is obtained. A small flexible wire, 6, is placed against the outside of the leather, beneath the fastenings, which prevents them from being driven through so far as to out or be embedded in the leather, and also prevents the leather from swelling out away from the seam when it becomes wet.

The lower edge of the canvas is secured to the bottom in the following manner: The bottom B is formed of a piece of sole-leather, with a rim, b, turned up around it to snugly fit in- The side wall, A, of the bag side the lower edge of the canvas side. A leather strap, E, skived at its ends to smoothly overlap each other, is fastened outside of the canvas by means of U-shaped fastenings 01, similar to fastenin gs 01, above described. The lower inner edge of the strap is skived to fit closely to the leather bottom and form a smoothly-rounded corner. The fastenings d. and binding-Wires c t are arranged in a peculiar manner around the strap, as follows: The outer U-fastenings d are arranged in three rows. The fastenings of the outer rows fall nearly opposite each other, and the fastenings of the middle row come between each pair of outer fastenings in a diamond-shaped arrangement. The binding-wire 0 passes between the upper and middle row of fastenings, and the wire 0 passes between the lower and middle fastening, and are both held tightly down upon the leather, as in the case of the side seam. The fastenings of the middle row will thus hold both wires, and the outer fastenings will each hold a single wire. The ends of the wires are looped over each other and fastened together, as shown in Fig. 5.

The above-described scam is easily made, and is very strong and durable. The peculiar arrangement of binding-wires and fastenings will not only prevent the leather from expanding and leaving the seam when wet, but will firmly bind the canvas to the bottom, and will serve as a metal hoop around the bottom of the bag to keep it from spreading.

The bag is provided with head-straps O (J, secured at its ends to the leather bottom of the bag in a suitable number of places by U-fastenin gs 6?, arranged to cross each other, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to form an improved connection. The head-straps O are also secured to the middle of the canvas walls A by similar fastenings. The straps C are connected at their ends by buckles, by which means they may be adjusted.

The bottom B of the bag is out out to form a circular opening, that is covered by a perforated metal plate, G, held in place by a leather ring fitted over its rim and secured to the bottom B of the bag by U-shaped fastenings 01 formed as above described, and arranged equidistant around the ring, with each fastening lying across the same tangentially with its periphery, beneath and between which is secured binding-wire 6 to strengthen and complete the seam. The leather ring also serves to hold the perforated plate G a sufficient distance from the ground to prevent its perforations from being closed when the bag rests upon the ground.

A leather cap, H, formed of a lower piece, h, that snugly fits the opening in the bottom of the bag, and an upper piece, h, fastened thereto, and pivoted by a rivet to the bottom of the bag in such manner that the cap may be swung upon its pivot and eitherplaced immediately above the opening, or be thrown out of the way to completely clear it. The upper piece, It, overlaps the under piece and forms a water-tight joint therewith. When dry feed is used the opening may be left uncovered, so that the dust from the feed may escape, and so that the air may enter the bag when it is emptied, so that the animal may breathe freely with the nose-bag in place, as the attendant oftentimes fails to remove the bag for a considerable time after the animal has finished eating. When wet feed or chop-feed is used the cap may be placed over the opening to prevent its escape, and when the cap is placed over the said opening the bag will be sufficiently water-tight to admit of its use as a water-bucket. The upper edge or rim of the side wall, A, is bound with leather and punctured at suitable intervals, the holes being, inpractice, protected by metal eyelets 41, through which are passed, in opposite directions, the double laces I I, which are secured at their middle portion by U-fastenings 01 the ends of which extend beyond the bag a sufficient distance to admit of their being drawn tight and tied around the upper part of the bag. By this simple means the bag may be packed full of feed, and if a portion only is used at a time the remainder of it may be easily tied up in the bag for future use.

What I claim as new is 1. A nose-bag having the seam formed of U shaped fastenings, the prongs of which pass through the edges of the material, and are boun d together and prevented from cutting the material by means of binding-wires that pass beneath and between the fastenings, substantially as described. 7

2. The nose-bag formed of a side piece and bottom piece, held together by three rows of U-shaped fastenings arranged in diamond shape, and connected by upper and lower wires that pass completely around the bag and form a hoop therefor, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A nose-bag for animals, formed with an opening in its bottom, in combination with a perforated plate secured over the same and a cap pivoted to the bottom, so thatit may either cover the opening or be turned upon its pivot to expose the opening, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES JOHN GUSTAVESON.

WVitnesses:

JOHN LEWIs GRUNDHAND, NIELs CHRISTIAN CHRISTENSEN. 

